Found my first SEATED COIN!!

[SilverSleuth]

Hello All,

Tonight I went to a park that I've been to before and didn't expect much - hadn't found anything good before - not even a wheat. Seem to be running out of places to go around here. Started off digging a few wheats then got an Indian Head, couple more wheats, 1946 Rosie, wheats, Indian Head. Then started to work back towards my car and just about the last dig of the night - about 8 inches down - saw a tiny silver coin and I was like YEAH! Having seen a half dime on this site before and how tiny it was - that's what I thought I had and it was - a 1842 SEATED HALF DIME - My oldest silver coin yet.

The wheats were from the late teens to 40's I believe. The IHs need to be cleaned to get dates. The nickel is 1946.

Thanks for looking!

UPDATE - added a couple better pics. Looks like the coin is flaking a little. Didn't know silver coins did that.

 

[juju]

Congrats on the milestone. WTG

JuJu

 

[ringfinder]

Wow, Congratulations on your First Seated Coin. Sounds like you need to hunt that site a lot
more. I'd go back, slow down, run my detector in all metal, there just might be a Gold coin
in that old park, just waiting for you to pick it up. When you dig in all metal, dig all the signals
that sound good and are deep.

Good Luck, hope we see many more finds from this park.

HH, Ringfinder

 

[Ray in CA]

Now that is a beautiful little coin! Hard to find, too. Congrats!

Ray

 

[dfx willy]

awesome job! i got my first seated dime this year what a thrill. willy.

 

[digman]

Thats a real beauty !!!
Congrats !!

 

[hogge]

Congratulations SS. Have found several seated coins but not a half dime. Great find. Hogge

 

[superficialbob]

CONGRAT'S EXCELLANT DIGG'S

 

[treasuredog]

Awesome! I never found a seated coin yet. Way to go

 

[BomberJohn]

Sweet seated half dime. You are tearing up your area. WTG!

 

[seger98]

You've hit the mother load.... Congratulations!

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice findsSS and congrats on your first seated

 

[Blacksheep]

Nice, low mintage coin!

Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 815,000
Proofs: estimated 10

Designer: Obverse by Thomas Sully, executed by Christian Gobrecht, modified by Robert Ball Hughes; Reverse by Christian Gobrecht

Diameter: ±15.9 millimeters

Metal content:
Silver - 90%
Other - 10%

Weight: ±20.6 grains (±1.3 grams)

Edge: Reeded

Mintmark: None (for Philadelphia, PA) below DIME on the reverse

 

[Brian in MA]

Congrats on your first half dime.... That is awesome !!!!

It's amazing how it always seems to be one of the last targets of the hunt that turns out to be the best find. It happens all the time !!!

Brian in MA

 

[cooltone23]

SWEET!!!!!!

Way 2 go on the seated half dime!!! Looks beautiful!!!

Great find !!!

 

[kimsdad]

Wow, SS!! You've got a great spot to hunt there!

Big congratulations on your first seated!!!!

That beauty has a lot of detail! There's got to be more good stuff in there just waiting for you...

 

[johnreb1980]

Great finds.

 

[Captn SE]

Congrats on your first seated!!

I'm sure it won't be your last, considering the area you live in, and also the machine you're swinging.

I just got my first seated dime a couple of weeks ago.

Good Job!!

CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[phantomfinder]

WTG ,

 

[allen]

congrats on those nice looking finds...